Charleston: You don't bear this grief alone

Wednesday

Jun 24, 2015 at 2:01 AM

In the wake of last Wednesday’s events in Charleston, South Carolina, I want the people of that congregation to know (and to paraphrase a Colorado legislator): You don’t bear this grief alone. You don’t face these attacks alone. You don’t pray for peace alone. You don’t worship alone. Countless fellow citizens stand with you, today.

After two full years of well-publicized deaths of black citizens, I want all of my black fellow citizens to know and feel that my shoulder is next to theirs. So a few seconds from now, I’ll go to Google, enter “A.M.E. Church,” and donate to the nearest congregation.